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30 Rials Qadhi Azzubairi Memorial
| Issuer | Yemen Arab Republic |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the national coat of arms of the Yemen Arab Republic, featuring an eagle with wings displayed, clutching crossed janbiya daggers with banner ribbons, and a shield on its breast. The eagle is rendered in high relief against a polished field. An Arabic legend curves along the upper rim, with the bilingual denomination '30R / ٣٠ ريالا' and the dual-script date '1969 - ١٩٦٩' inscribed below the arms. The legend 'YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC' is engraved in Latin script along the lower rim, completing the bicultural inscription. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Qadhi Muhammad Mahmoud al-Zubairi was a poet and politician who became one of the most significant intellectual figures of the Yemeni republican movement — assassinated in April 1965, likely on orders connected to royalist factions, while on a peace mission in the eastern tribal regions. The memorial issue honoring him came four years after his death, during a period when the Yemen Arab Republic was still consolidating its identity following the eight-year civil war that ended in 1968 with Saudi recognition of the republican government.
Gold commemoratives from the YAR in this period were almost exclusively produced for export and collector markets rather than domestic circulation, given the country's economic state following the war.